Standard Lemma guide
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adv
yea; yes
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, West-Country, dialectal, not-comparable
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det
Nonstandard spelling of your.
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Usage: alt-of, nonstandard
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intj
Yeah; yes.
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Usage: informal
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intj
Go. (Spoken to horses and cattle.)
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Usage: informal
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intj
Yes, yeah (used to express affirmation)
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Usage: Malaysia, Singapore, informal
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name
A surname from Tamil.
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noun
A letter of the Cyrillic alphabet: Я, я.
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noun
Initialism of young adult
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, especially, initialism
Topics: media, publishing
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noun
Initialism of youth authority.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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particle
Used to form a confirmation-seeking tag question, expecting an affirmative response.
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Usage: Manglish, Singlish
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pron
Nonstandard spelling of you.
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Usage: alt-of, nonstandard
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History
From Middle English ya, from Old English ġēa, iā (“yea, yes”). More at yea.
Apparently from German ja and cognates in other Germanic languages; related to English yeah.
Variation of hyah.
From Malay ya, from Dutch ja (and ultimately Proto-Germanic *ja). Reinforced by informal variants of yes in English (e.g., yeah). Doublet of yes.
Borrowed from Tamil யா (yā). This surname is the 5th most common surname in Tamil Nadu.
From Russian я (ja).
Reduced form of you. Compare Dutch je, reduced/unstressed form of jij (“you”).
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
